Privacy Policy

1. The privacy policy, together with the Terms and Conditions (where applicable), sets out the basis on which any personal data is used by us. Use of the website implies acceptance of the terms. SPM Publications Ltd acts in accordance with current legislation and aims to meet current best practice with regard to the handling personal data.
2. This policy is applicable to all interactions with SPM Publications Ltd and our trading styles and imprints including Sentinel Writing & Publishing Company, Sentinel Literary Quarterly, SPM Publications and Sentinel Poetry Movement.
3. We respect and take your privacy seriously. You may visit this site without disclosing any personal information. If in the normal course of engaging with us you choose to provide data we will protect the information. (Data collected with consent includes personal information gathered through sales, subscriptions to the newsletter, competitions etc).
4. We do not share data with third parties not involved in the delivery or completion of your transaction.
5. We will keep the data we hold concerning you only for as long as it is necessary to do so.
6. We will retain and disclose personal data to authorised authorities without your consent where we are required to do so under the law.
7. Our email newsletter is powered by Mailchimp and includes instructions on how to unsubscribe. Please follow these instructions to remove yourself from the list. We will never manually add you to our list.
8. The site may contain links to other sites or advertisements served by third parties. These are not under our control. It is your responsibility to check the privacy policies of all third parties if you wish to engage them.
9. The majority of our online transactions are securely handled by PayPal and we do not have access to your personal financial details. If you choose to receive payment from us by bank transfer, we will only keep your bank details until you confirm in writing that you have received the payment and the transaction is complete.
10. The content on this website is maintained by SPM Publications Ltd, Unit 136, 113-115 George Lane, London E18 1AB, United Kingdom.
11. If you have any questions regarding any aspect of our privacy policy, or wish to know more about the safety of your information when you buy a book, magazine, merchandise or enter a competition, please write to office@sentinelwriting.com or text +44 (0) 7812 755 751